Calendar - Front Porch Forum

October 2023

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1 Henry Sheldon Museum Annual Armchair Auction! 12 AM (multiday) Henry Sheldon Museum Annual Armchair Auction! 8 AM (multiday) Multi-Family Garage Sale 9 AM (multiday) Vermont Open Studios 10 AM (multiday) Borderlands - Theater Event at Shelburne Farms All Day Yard Sale - Four Winds Rd - Oct. 1 9 AM - 3 PM Sat Eves & Sun Afternooons: an Event Not to Be Missed 12 - 4 PM Free Outdoor Concert 2 - 5 PM +4 more see less	2 Bagpipes and Drums 12 AM (multiday) Printmaking and Bookmaking Workshops All Day Mending Matters 5:30 - 7 PM Selectboard Meeting on Oct. 2 6:30 - 9 PM	3 Community Bible Study: Women & Children/Coed Groups 10 AM - 12 PM Panton Town Hall Delayed Opening Tuesday 10 AM Age Well Respite Care Volunteer Training 12:30 - 3:30 PM My Reflections on Living with Dementia 4:30 - 6 PM Pizza & Power: Green & Just Electricity for VT 5 - 7 PM Ferrisburgh Oct. 3 Selectboard Meeting 6:30 PM Monthly Meeting of the Trails Committee Oct. 3 6:30 PM +3 more see less	4 Introduction to Christian Meditation 9:30 - 11 AM Move Out of Pain - Feldenkrais Class in Charlotte 10 - 11 AM Ready for Winter? "Button Up VT" Kicks Off with Webinar 12 - 1 PM Quality of Life Evaluation for Pets 12 - 1 PM Library Garden Circle 4:30 - 6 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM Spanish Wine Dinner at Starry Night Café 6 - 8:30 PM Book Publishing 101 7 - 8 PM Historical Talk on the Old Bristol Railroad 7 - 8:30 PM Energy Committee Meeting Agenda and Zoom Link 7 - 9 PM Online Group Energy Healing 7:30 - 8:30 PM +7 more see less	5 Open Barn Day This Week at Merrymac Farm Sanctuary 12 - 2 PM 2 More Vergennes Farmers Markets Left of the Season! 3 - 6:30 PM But What Does It All Mean? 5:15 - 6:45 PM Fall Gardening Event at the Bixby Library 5:30 - 7 PM Charlotte Library Board of Trustees Meeting 6 - 7 PM Charlotte Planning Commission Meeting 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	6 Free Factory Tours at Maple Landmark - This Friday! 9 AM - 2 PM "Birds of a Feather" Remote Worker Lunch This Friday 12 - 1 PM Open House at Rock Point School 4 - 6 PM Joe's Big Band with Andriana Chobot at Higher Ground 7:30 - 10 PM	7 Vergennes Burying Ground Cleaning Day V 8 AM - 12 PM Buckthorn Removal at Monkton Central School 9 - 11 AM Moving Sale - Hopkins Rd 9 AM (multiday) Saturday Playgroup, Tomorrow Oct. 7! 9:30 - 11 AM Dead Creek Wildlife Day - Saturday 9:30 AM - 4 PM Charlotte Weatherization Project at the Library 10 - 11:30 AM Preparing Your Garden for Winter 10 AM - 12 PM Fall Craft Fair 10 AM - 3 PM Get Started with Gmail 10:30 - 11:30 AM Into to Crochet Youth Workshop - Oct. 7 & 14 10:30 AM - 12 PM Bixby Library Young Writers Club 10:30 AM Fall Foliage Hike and Lunch on Mt. Philo 10:45 AM - 2 PM Watercolor Artists' Reception at the Bixby Library 11 AM - 1 PM Canal History Collections Corner at the Maritime Museum 11 AM - 1 PM Saturday Night Bingo 5 - 8 PM Yard Sale 6 PM (multiday) Saloon Night 7 - 10 PM Saloon Night at the O'Holley Hall 7 - 10 PM Montpelier Contra Dance, Plus Waltzing Saturday! 7 - 11 PM Maiden Vermont Concert 7 PM (multiday) +16 more see less
8 Borderlands - Theater Event at Shelburne Farms All Day Knights of Columbus Breakfast Buffet 8 - 10 AM Buffet Breakfast 8 - 10 AM Sat Eves & Sun Afternooons: an Event Not to Be Missed 12 - 4 PM Music on the Trails 1 - 4 PM Music on the Trails 1 - 4 PM Apple Themed Play and Learn Time Sunday 3 - 5 PM Connection by Choice - All Souls Interfaith 5 - 6 PM Song Circle and Improvisational Music Making 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	9 Printmaking and Bookmaking Workshops All Day Tai Chi Movement for Daily Life Class 9:45 AM Good Eating at the Charlotte Senior Center 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	10 Community Bible Study: Women & Children/Coed Groups 10 AM - 12 PM Age Well - Grab and Go Meal in Shelburne 11 AM - 12 PM Age Well Respite Care Volunteer Training 12:30 - 3:30 PM Ferrisburgh Selectboard Budget Work Session Oct. 10 5:30 PM Bixby Author Visit: Donnarae Menard 6 - 7 PM Lamb Butchery Workshop and Moroccan Dinner 6 - 8 PM Republican Town Caucus 6:30 - 7 PM +3 more see less	11 Introduction to Christian Meditation 9:30 - 11 AM Move Out of Pain - Feldenkrais Class in Charlotte 10 - 11 AM New Haven Pollinator Garden 3 - 5 PM Library Garden Circle 4:30 - 6 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM Charlotte Park & Wildlife Refuge Committee Meeting 5:30 - 7 PM Comedy for Your Fall Oct. 11! 5:30 - 8 PM VWF Paint N Sip 6 - 8 PM Parent Coaching: from Conflict to Cohesion 6 - 8 PM Greenbush Live at Leunig's Bistro! Wednesday 10/11 6:30 - 9 PM Conservation 101 with VLT 7 - 8 PM New Haven Historical Society Meeting 7 - 8 PM Conservation 101 7 - 8 PM Landa Townsend: Artist Talk 7 - 8 PM +10 more see less	12 Clothing Drive for Migrant Farm Workers 8 - 10 AM Pease Mountain Walk Thursday 8:30am 8:30 - 10 AM Weekly Line Dancing Lessons at Woodchuck! 7 - 9 PM	13 "Last Chance" Sale at The Gilded Elephant 9 AM - 3 PM Friday Storytime at the Bixby 10:30 - 11 AM Education & Enrichment for Everyone 2 PM	14 Brush Drop-Off in Vergennes 8 AM - 12 PM Cemetery Workday and Clean-Up 8 AM - 12 PM Bottle Drive to Benefit the Mt Abe Fall Musical 9 AM - 12 PM Managing Invasive Plants on Her Land: a WOW Event 9:30 AM - 12 PM Charlotte Weatherization Project at the Library 10 - 11:30 AM Story Time with Ashley Wolff at Russell Mem Library 11 AM - 12 PM Rug Concert for Young Children 11 AM - 12 PM Author Visit at Russell Memorial Library 11 AM - 12 PM Story Time with Ashley Wolff at Russell Mem Library 11 AM - 12 PM Watch the Rugby World Cup, Quarter Finals 11 AM - 1 PM Watch the Rugby World Cup, Quarter Finals 11 AM - 3 PM Boo! at the Barn at Merrymac Farm Sanctuary 3 - 6 PM Church Harvest Supper - Take Out - Order by Oct. 9 4 - 5 PM Takeout Turkey Supper 5 - 6 PM Bingo at St. Peter's in Vergennes 6 - 8 PM Ferrisburgh Grange "King Pede" Card Party 6:30 PM Oktoberfest 7 - 10 PM Colby Crehan & Marsh Lights 7:30 PM +14 more see less
15 Borderlands - Theater Event at Shelburne Farms All Day Public Breakfast Buffet 7 - 10:30 AM Addison Volunteer Fire Department Pancake Breakfast 7 - 11 AM Secrets of Mount Philo: Guided Hike 8 - 9:30 AM Clothing Drive for Migrant Farm Workers 8 - 10 AM Volunteer Work Day at Merrymac Farm Sanctuary 9 AM - 12 PM Watch the Rugby World Cup, Quarter Finals 11 AM - 3 PM Sat Eves & Sun Afternooons: an Event Not to Be Missed 12 - 4 PM World Singing Day is Coming to Bristol! 1 - 4:30 PM World Singing Day Coming to Bristol! 1 - 4:30 PM World Singing Day 1 - 4:30 PM Vermont Commons School Open House This Sunday 1 PM The Story of Longtime Resident Guy Cheng 2 PM Ferrisburgh Historical Society 2 PM Ferrisburgh Historical Society 2 PM My Dentist's Son - A Place for Stories That Don't Fit 3 - 4:30 PM My Dentist's Son 3 - 4:30 PM My Dentist's Son - A Place for Stories That Don't Fit 3 - 4:30 PM Story Telling Event 3 - 4:30 PM Celebrating Wetlands: LCA's Annual Party 3 - 5 PM Celebrating Wetlands: LCA's Annual Party 3 - 5 PM +17 more see less	16 Printmaking and Bookmaking Workshops All Day Tai Chi Movement for Daily Life Class 9:45 AM Diving into Monkton's Past 7 - 8 PM Book Talk: Embrace Fearlessly This Burning World 7 - 8 PM East Monkton History Presentation 7 - 8 PM Success Stories from the Pollinator Pathway 7 - 8:30 PM Sucess Stories from the Pollinator Pathway 7 - 8:30 PM +3 more see less	17 Yoga at All Souls Tuesday Nights: All Welcome 5:30 - 6:30 AM Community Bible Study: Women & Children/Coed Groups 10 AM - 12 PM Age Well Respite Care Volunteer Training 12:30 - 3:30 PM Another CCC Mushroom Walk! Sign Up Required! 3:30 - 5:30 PM Charlotte - Employee Compensation Working Group 4:30 - 6 PM Game Night at the Bixby 5 - 7 PM Selectboard Meeting - Rt. 7 Speeding/Passing Issues 6:30 PM Monkton Town Plan Hearing 8 - 10 PM +4 more see less	18 CSH Rotary Speaker Dr. Mark Levine This Wednesday 7:30 - 8:30 AM Introduction to Christian Meditation 9:30 - 11 AM Move Out of Pain - Feldenkrais Class in Charlotte 10 - 11 AM Thinking About Heat Pumps? Heat Pump 101 Webinar 12 - 1 PM UVM Oddball Plant Sale 12 PM (multiday) Internet Browsing Basics 1 - 2 PM Short Story Selections 1 - 2 PM Book Chat 3 - 4 PM Library Garden Circle 4:30 - 6 PM New Haven Congregational Church Free Community Dinner 5 - 6:30 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM Parent Coaching: from Conflict to Cohesion 6 - 8 PM Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman 6 - 8:30 PM The "Greening" of Electric Cars, Etc. 7 - 8 PM +10 more see less	19 Second Sight at Town Hall Theatre (multiday) Mt. Abraham Cider and Donuts Concert 7 AM - 9 PM New Haven Pollinator Garden 3 - 5 PM Mt. Abraham Cider and Donuts Concert 7 - 8:30 PM Weekly Line Dancing Lessons at Woodchuck! 7 - 9 PM Charlotte Planning Commission Meeting Thursday 7 - 9 PM Library Book Discussion: "Horse" 7:30 - 9 PM +3 more see less	20 Coffee & Conversation 8 - 9 AM Volunteer Days in the Charlotte Park & Wildlife 10 AM - 12 PM Girls on the Run Information 10 AM Friday Storytime at the Bixby 10:30 - 11 AM Rugby World Cup Semi-Finals 3 - 5 PM Red Barn Kitchen Upcoming Events! 5:30 - 9 PM Bixby Library Family Movie Night 6:30 PM +3 more see less	21 Spirits of Rokeby: Tickets On Sale Now! (multiday) Spirits of Rokeby: Tickets On Sale Now! (multiday) Vermont Senior Games Table Tennis Tournament 8 AM - 4 PM Fill the Firehouse Food Drive Oct. 21 9 AM - 12 PM Craft Supply Sale & Soup to Go 9 AM - 12 PM Craft Supply Sale and Soup-to-Go 9 AM - 12 PM Craft Supply Sale & Soup to Go! 9 AM - 12 PM CPR/AED/First Aid Certification Class 9 AM - 12:30 PM St. Peter's Craft Fair, Bake Sale, Luncheon & Raffle 9 AM - 3:30 PM Postponed - Ribbon Cutting for New Trail in Vergennes 10 - 10:30 AM Charlotte Weatherization Project at the Library 10 - 11:30 AM Winter Outerwear Giveaway 10 AM - 1 PM 5 Town Partnership Share the Warmth: Winter Outerwear 10 AM - 1 PM Teacher Day at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 11 AM - 3 PM Annual Open House at Charter House Coalition 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Remembering Mrs. Marilyn Woods 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Restoring Old Growth Characteristics with Ethan Tapper 1 - 3 PM Rugby World Cup Semi-Finals 3 - 5 PM Free Teen Science Cafe, Saturday Oct. 21 5 - 7 PM Connor Garvey at Ripton Community Coffee House 7 - 10 PM Contra Dance Again Oct. 21! 8 - 11 PM +17 more see less
22 Borderlands - Theater Event at Shelburne Farms All Day Poetry Workshop Cancelled All Day WOW-VT Woods Walk: Forestry with Bats in Mind 10 AM - 12 PM All Souls Music and Spirit Moving to 11am Sunday 11 AM - 12 PM Sat Eves & Sun Afternooons: an Event Not to Be Missed 12 - 4 PM Green & Just Electricity for VT 12:30 - 2 PM Cancelled - Volunteer Day - Charlotte Park & Wildlife Refuge 1 - 3 PM Public Bingo at Vergennes Legion Post #14 2 - 4:30 PM Writing Art into Poetry 2:30 - 4 PM Song and Music Circle 7 - 9 PM +6 more see less	23 Planning for the Future of Your Forestland 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Tai Chi Movement for Daily Life Class 9:45 AM Selectboard Meeting Oct. 23 6:30 - 8:30 PM Book Talk: Embrace Fearlessly This Burning World 7 - 8 PM	24 Yoga at All Souls Tuesday Nights: All Welcome 5:30 - 6:30 AM Tuesday Playgroup at Vergennes Congregational Church 9:30 - 11 AM Community Bible Study: Women & Children/Coed Groups 10 AM - 12 PM Red Cross Blood Drive Oct. 24 10 AM - 2:30 PM Age Well Respite Care Volunteer Training 12:30 - 3:30 PM Author Event: "The Long Grief Journey" 1 - 2 PM Gmail Basics Workshop 1:30 - 2:30 PM Vermicomposting: Worms Ate My Food Scraps! 5:30 - 6:30 PM Ferrisburgh Pedestrian Safety Study Project 5:30 PM Ferrisburgh Selectboard Budget Work Session Oct. 24 5:30 PM Ferrisburgh Pedestrian Safety Scoping Study Report 5:30 PM Evening Exchange with the Superintendent 6:30 - 7:30 PM Green Mtn. Club Presentation: Living with Bears 7 - 8:30 PM Conservation Commission October Meeting Agenda 7 - 9 PM +10 more see less	25 CVSD Community Budget Forum All Day Introduction to Christian Meditation 9:30 - 11 AM Move Out of Pain - Feldenkrais Class in Charlotte 10 - 11 AM Internet Safety Basics 1 - 2 PM Project Micro at the Charlotte Library 2 PM Library Garden Circle 4:30 - 6 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM Bold Action on Climate Change 5 - 6:30 PM Efficient Vermont Webinar - Heat Pumps 101 6 - 7 PM Parent Coaching: from Conflict to Cohesion 6 - 8 PM Better Together Book Club 7 - 8 PM Development Review Board Meeting 7 - 9 PM Men's Book Group: "Educated" 7:30 - 9 PM +9 more see less	26 4th Annual ACHHH Drive-Through Community Flu Clinic All Day Fourth Annual ACHHH Drive-Through Flu Clinic 7 AM - 5 PM Book Donation Day (Oct. 26) and Bixby Book Sale (Oct. 28) 3 - 6 PM Book Donations for the Bixby 3:15 - 6 PM Glow & Flow: Yoga Class Inspired by 80s Music 6:30 - 7:30 PM Weekly Line Dancing Lessons at Woodchuck! 7 - 9 PM +2 more see less	27 Friday Storytime at the Bixby 10:30 - 11 AM Seed Library Garden Chat 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) Halloween Dance Party at Vergennes Opera House 7 - 10 PM +1 more see less	28 Long Boat Races in Vegennes 8 AM - 12 PM Bottle Drive to Benefit Mt Abe Fall Musical 9 AM - 12 PM RunVermont Kids Fun Run Oct. 28 9 AM - 12 PM Book Sale at the Bixby 9 AM - 1 PM Clancy, Stuart Woods, Grafton, Rice; Free Golf, Sports 9 AM - 1 PM Volunteer to Garden at the Monkton Town Hall Saturday 9 AM Charlotte Weatherization Project at the Library 10 - 11:30 AM Poems, Pianos & Pumpkins 10 AM - 12 PM Event: Keeping Your Home Warm This Winter & Save Money 10 AM - 12 PM Pumpkin Carving, Spooky Music, Town Display 10 AM - 1 PM Mt. Philo Hike and Lunch: Date Change 10:40 AM - 2 PM Fall Foliage Hike and Lunch on Mt. Philo 10:45 AM - 2 PM Monster Mash Strength Competition Oct. 28 11 AM - 2 PM Final - Rugby World Cup 3 - 5 PM Liberating Our Authentic Femininity Workshop 3:30 - 5:30 PM 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) Harvesting Hope: Vermont Donor Milk Fundraiser 6 - 8 PM Short Story Writing Contest 6 - 8 PM Stories from the Heart 6 - 8 PM Whirling Dervish Performance and Poetry 6:30 - 7:30 PM King Pede Card Party 6:30 - 8:30 PM Whirling Dervish Performance 6:30 PM +19 more see less
29 Last Sunday of the Month Breakfast! 7:30 - 10 AM Trunk or Treat on Sunday 2 - 3 PM Monkton Trunk or Treat Oct. 29 4 - 5:30 PM Affordable Housing for Addison County 4 - 6 PM Halloween on the Green Celebration in New Haven 4 - 6 PM 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) 4th Annual Med47 Haunted Forest 4 PM (multiday) +3 more see less	30 Tai Chi Movement for Daily Life Class 9:45 AM Dust Off Your Boots - Horsemanship Class 12 - 1:30 PM After-School Animal Welfare Program for Kids Age 9+ 3:30 - 5:30 PM Public Informational Hearing for Nov. 7 Vote 6:30 - 8 PM Book Talk: Embrace Fearlessly This Burning World 7 - 8 PM +1 more see less	31 Yoga at All Souls Tuesday Nights: All Welcome 5:30 - 6:30 AM Tuesday Playgroup at Vergennes Congregational Church 9:30 - 11 AM AC Equestrians Horses & Halloween 4 - 6 PM Trunk or Treat at Victory Baptist Church 5:30 - 7:30 PM Trick-O-Treating at the Coffee Shed :) 6 - 7:30 PM +1 more see less	1 Charlotte Energy Committee Meeting 7 AM - 8:30 PM Town of Addison Property Taxes Due 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Introduction to Christian Meditation 9:30 - 11 AM Short Story Selections 1 - 2 PM Meeting - Employee Compensation Working Group 3:30 - 5 PM Crochet & Knit Night 5 - 6:30 PM Parent Coaching: from Conflict to Cohesion 6 - 8 PM Rombauer Vineyards at Starry Night Cafe 6 - 9:30 PM +4 more see less	2 Windowdressers Insert Assembly Needs More Volunteers All Day Essex Art League Meeting - 1st Monday of Every Month 9 - 11 AM Wendell Berry Writings 2 - 3 PM Gourds + Glam Adventure Dinner Pop-Up 5 - 9 PM Charlotte Library Board of Trustees Meeting 6 - 7:30 PM Vergennes Emerald Ash Tree Borer Information Night 7 - 8 PM Charlotte Planning Commission Meeting Thursday 7 - 8:45 PM Twist O' Wool Guild Meeting 7 - 9 PM Weekly Line Dancing Lessons at Woodchuck! 7 - 9 PM +5 more see less	3 Friday Storytime at the Bixby 10:30 - 11 AM Lost Lantern Whiskey Tasting Room Opening Friday! 12 PM (multiday) Education & Enrichment for Everyone 2 PM Knights in Italy Spaghetti Dinner - This Friday! 5 - 7 PM Gourds + Glam Adventure Dinner Pop-Up 5 - 9 PM +1 more see less	4 Conservation Commission Gathering in Bristol Nov. 4 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pottery Sale at Middlebury Studio School 9 AM - 1 PM Annual Holiday Bazaar in Middlebury Nov. 4 9 AM - 3 PM Annual Holiday Bazaar at Midd. Congregational Church 9 AM - 3 PM Annual Holiday Bazaar in Middlebury Nov. 4 9 AM - 3 PM Charlotte Weatherization Project at the Library 10 - 11:30 AM Artisan Fair - Free Refreshments 10 AM - 12 PM MCS Playground Work Party on Saturday Nov. 4 10 AM - 1 PM 62nd Annual Penny Fair at St. Peter's 10 AM - 10 PM Fiber Arts Circle at the Bixby 12 - 2 PM Vermont Day School Open House 3 PM Colors of Fall Themed Play and Learn Time 3 - 5 PM Vermont Day School (Prek - 8th Grade) Open House 3 PM Gourds + Glam Adventure Dinner Pop-Up 5 - 9 PM Little City Gala 7 - 11 PM Burnham Presents the Ladles in Lincoln Nov. 4 7:30 - 10 PM Gina Coleman & the Misty Blues at Vergennes Opera House 7:30 PM Contra Dance into November - This Saturday! 8 - 11 PM +14 more see less